• February 13, 2012
  • GOD BLESS POLITICO: While hilarious Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton’s “The world is literally her oyster” still probably remains the Political Line Of The Year, this one from today’s Politico is easily top five, or seven: “Few political observers or elected officials doubt that an energized GOP has a headwind at its back.” [TPM]

{ 56 comments }

groove November 10, 2009 at 4:56 pm

Better than some tailwind at your head.

Mr Blifil November 10, 2009 at 4:56 pm

Who can tell for whom the headwind blows…

Aflac Shrugged November 10, 2009 at 4:57 pm

People in glass houses sink sh-sh-ships.

shortsshortsshorts November 10, 2009 at 4:57 pm

Sometimes you get stabbed in the arm and your leg falls off. What’s the big deal?

Jukesgrrl November 10, 2009 at 4:58 pm

And they caaall the wind Scozzafava …

Cicada November 10, 2009 at 4:58 pm

I always knew the GOP had their heads up their asses! Hey-O!

AbstinenceOnly Ed November 10, 2009 at 4:59 pm

Sarah Palin reeks like rancid oyster.

Suds McKenzie November 10, 2009 at 4:59 pm

and an Assclown as it’s head

predilectrix November 10, 2009 at 5:00 pm

Most charitable interpretation: she sussed the kind of jokes the librul bloggers would make about Sarah’s tailwind.

Hooray For Anything November 10, 2009 at 5:00 pm

But is there a bustle in their hedgerow?

Prommie November 10, 2009 at 5:01 pm

Yes, thats up there with Steele being the cow on the tracks. The GOP is three balls to the wind, they have the steam in their sails, its full wind ahead, they have pulled out all the shuttlecocks, boldly they are marching, forward, into the past, and endlessly twirling, twirling, also.

Jim Newell November 10, 2009 at 5:01 pm

[re=455363]predilectrix[/re]: oh maybe I wasn’t clear in the post. It’s not a stapleton quote, it’s politico writing. I was just comparing to other legendary quotes of the year.

OzoneTom November 10, 2009 at 5:02 pm

I for one do not wish to see the oyster of either Meg Stapleton nor of Sarah Palin.

Senile Agitation November 10, 2009 at 5:02 pm

Ah, but those few are wicked wracked with it. Painful to behold. GOP 2010 theme: “Break like the Wind”.

Prommie November 10, 2009 at 5:02 pm

Its an ill wind that doesn’t blow someone good. See, if they were gonna say it correctly, they should say “blow someone well.”

brogonzo November 10, 2009 at 5:02 pm

“The GOP stepped out into a beautiful new day, breathing deeply the bracing tailwind in its face.”

Also, tailwind = farting.

predilectrix November 10, 2009 at 5:03 pm

[re=455368]Jim Newell[/re]: no, you were clear…I just jumped too fast because of the headwind at my tail.

Come here a minute November 10, 2009 at 5:04 pm

The POLITICO is literally WINNING THE EARLY EVENING with windy oysters.

WIDTAP November 10, 2009 at 5:07 pm

Did Politico just tell us to blow it out our asses?

comicbookguy November 10, 2009 at 5:08 pm

The wind is literally from her oyster.

killerstarfish November 10, 2009 at 5:09 pm

[re=455387]comicbookguy[/re]: Thank you for that image, please pass the brain bleach.

Sarah Palin’s oyster… /shudder.

Extemporanus November 10, 2009 at 5:10 pm

[re=455378]Come here a minute[/re]: A “windy oyster” is literally like a “breezy clam”, only louder.

Moleman v2.5 November 10, 2009 at 5:11 pm

The GOP has always been where wings take dream.

Humpback November 10, 2009 at 5:11 pm

Clearly, then, the GOP must break wind.

Lascauxcaveman November 10, 2009 at 5:11 pm

Congrats, Jim, you just scooped The New Yorker on this week’s “Block That Metaphor.”

PrairiePossum November 10, 2009 at 5:13 pm

[re=455372]brogonzo[/re]:

Also, headwind = blowjob

lochnessmonster November 10, 2009 at 5:14 pm

I’m sure it’s a MIGHTY Wind!

Not_So_Much November 10, 2009 at 5:14 pm

They are write good what with the words and all. Also.

Extemporanus November 10, 2009 at 5:15 pm

This is butt the latest in a string of flatuently inaccurate articles by POLITICO.

Snarkalicious November 10, 2009 at 5:26 pm

“And a small mind shall lead them.”

comicbookguy November 10, 2009 at 5:35 pm

This movement stems from the very fiber of our nation, crop dusting the proverbial mustard seeds up and down our town halls. Can you smell that, America? It’s the tailwind of change. Moo baby moo!

shadowMark November 10, 2009 at 5:35 pm

[re=455368]Jim Newell[/re]: Say what you mean, mean what you say.

magic titty November 10, 2009 at 5:37 pm

“Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth,
Blowing down the backroads headin’ south.
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
You’re an idiot, babe.
It’s a wonder that you still know how to breathe.”

twoeightnine November 10, 2009 at 5:41 pm

Some power bottoms fuck us all.

Aurelio November 10, 2009 at 5:49 pm

“The world is literally her oyster”–Actually, she thinks it’s her clam.

Extemporanus November 10, 2009 at 5:50 pm

[re=455419]shadowMark[/re]: Do what you say, say what you mean. One thing leads to another.

[Fixxt!]

One Yield Regular November 10, 2009 at 5:55 pm

Reminds me of this entry into one of Mary Ann Madden’s old New York magazine weekly contests, in which readers were asked to invent a title for a bad country-western song:

“Walk Out Backwards So I’ll Think Yer Comin’ In.”

Robophobia November 10, 2009 at 5:56 pm

The dead fish, and that fishy smell, they go with that tailwind too?

comicbookguy November 10, 2009 at 6:07 pm

Don’t dwell on rumblings coming from the bowels of Congress. Just give this Republican movement time to work its way through the system.

comicbookguy November 10, 2009 at 6:14 pm

It just occurred to me that if they have a headwind at their backs, then Limbaugh’s frequent references to “bend over and grab your ankles so they can shove it down your throats” makes much more sense, physiologically speaking.

WadISay November 10, 2009 at 6:18 pm

Keep that tailwind away from open flames, GOP.

Extemporanus November 10, 2009 at 6:44 pm

Check out what Sen. Diaper Dave twatted earlier today:

“Met with FDA today to make case for LA oysters – will keep pushing to protect these LA jobs and our ability to enjoy raw Gulf oysters.”

Sarah Palin’s oyster is literally a gulf that’s raw from all the pushing.

user-of-owls November 10, 2009 at 6:49 pm

[re=455391]Extemporanus[/re]: Sarah is NOT a bivalve, she’s a heterovalve!

user-of-owls November 10, 2009 at 6:55 pm

[re=455421]magic titty[/re]:
Megan smells the wind that comes from far away
Megan waits for news in a quiet place
She feels the presence of the wind beside(around)her
She feels the power of the past behind her
She has the knowledge of the wind to guide her…on.

David Byrne: Modern Nostradamus

Robophobia November 10, 2009 at 6:58 pm

[re=455492]Extemporanus[/re]: I guess he likes vibrios too!

Leopolt November 10, 2009 at 8:15 pm

Praise Jesus! You just can’t make shit like that up!

JoeMac November 10, 2009 at 8:17 pm

Oh where to start. More breaking news wind from politico or how about a clam wind from alaska or stealing a 34 year old line from National Lampoon, Sarah Palin is not a pussy fart, but rather unwanted air expelled from the vagina of Alaska.

Servo November 10, 2009 at 8:30 pm

It’s a Freudian slip that perfectly describes the current state of the Repugnants – a bunch of delusional self-appointed captains, each conflicting another on sails and heading. Small wonder why they’re in irons.
Kinda reminds me of this line:
We must sail as fast as we can without our sail.
-Eric Idle as Commander Clement in Yellowbeard

Gumboz1953 November 10, 2009 at 9:41 pm

[re=455371]Prommie[/re]: And there’s already too much of that going on in THAT trailer park.

Mr Blifil November 10, 2009 at 11:34 pm

[re=455492]Extemporanus[/re]: I would like to see Vitter and Palin posing together in those t-shirts every third person in NO wears: “Shuck Me, Suck Me, Eat Me Raw!”

Extemporanus November 10, 2009 at 11:53 pm

[re=455617]Mr Blifil[/re]: Voilà coozan!

artbot2000 November 11, 2009 at 1:00 am

Okay, barely relevant, but the intro to the Nov.5 dailey show included a great Foley reference that has some bearing on this matter, someplace or other:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/254889/thu-november-5-2009-susan-rice

LowerdPeninsula November 11, 2009 at 2:06 am

Oh, hell. No one’s said it, yet: QUEEF!

schvitzatura November 11, 2009 at 5:47 am

Munths endin’ en Arrrrrrgh!!1! are gud fur öisturs…NAWT!

vladster November 11, 2009 at 10:10 am

Excelsior!

Tundra Grifter November 11, 2009 at 11:44 am

[re=455398]PrairiePossum[/re]: Technically, the headwind is the hooker’s gentle puff to get the dust off the helmet before beginning to polish it. Or, you know how amateurs blow into a microphone a few times to see if its working? Same idea before she (or he – after all, this is Wonkette) says a few words to the folks…

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